Eagle Nebula, M16 - Saying Thank You

Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A great greetings card featuring a beautiful image of the Eagle Nebula, M16, taken in November 2004 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. It shows a billowing tower of cold gas and dust, 9.5 light-years high, rising from a stellar nursery. Stars in the Eagle Nebula are born in these clouds of cold hydrogen gas, and the tower may be a giant 'incubator' for those newborn stars. A fantastic greetings card revealing a little of the wonder and beauty in this universe of ours. Image code: egnebtwr ESO/J. Reproduced under the Creative Comns Attribution 3.0 Unported license.